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Jazz, a genre born from specific conditions of racial and cultural exchange in the United States at the turn of the 20th century, has spent more than a century traveling across borders, oceans, and cultural divides, adapting to local needs, histories, and identities wherever it lands, creating a sprawling, interconnected global network of jazz practice that extends far beyond its geographic origins. Indonesia, a nation made up of thousands of islands, each with its own distinct cultural and artistic heritage, has cultivated a robust, layered jazz community that adds its own unique set of resonances to the global jazz canon, turning the genre’s core traditions into something that feels entirely rooted in the archipelago’s long history of cross-cultural exchange and artistic innovation.
